* one specified is included.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> ImmutableSortedSet<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(Ordering.natural(), 2, e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the given elements sorted by their natural ordering.

     * 'rootObject.getChild().isName()' for boolean properties.
     */
    public static class ObjectBasedValueSource extends AbstractValueSource {

        private final Object root;

        /**
         * Construct a new value source, using the supplied object as the root from
         * which to start, and using expressions split at the dot ('.') to navigate
         * the object graph beneath this root.

   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3) {
    return construct(e1, e2, e3);
  }

  /**

   * one specified is included.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> ImmutableSortedSet<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(Ordering.natural(), 2, e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the given elements sorted by their natural ordering.

   * to custom TypeVariable implementations. As a result, we need to make sure our TypeVariable
   * implementation respects symmetry. Moreover, we don't want to reconstruct a native type variable
   * {@code <A>} using our implementation unless some of its bounds have changed in resolution. This
   * avoids creating unequal TypeVariable implementation unnecessarily. When the bounds do change,

 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern">null object</a> for the type in question.
 *
 * <p>This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" construct
 * from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities.
 *
 * <p>An instance of this class is serializable if its reference is absent or is a serializable
 * object.
 *

   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E element) {
    return construct(element);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> of(E e1, E e2) {
    return construct(e1, e2);
  }

  /**

    return construct(2, e1, e2);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable set containing the given elements, minus duplicates, in the order each was
   * first specified. That is, if multiple elements are {@linkplain Object#equals equal}, all except
   * the first are ignored.
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of(E e1, E e2, E e3) {
    return construct(3, e1, e2, e3);
  }

  /**

 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern">null object</a> for the type in question.
 *
 * <p>This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" construct
 * from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities.
 *
 * <p>An instance of this class is serializable if its reference is absent or is a serializable
 * object.
 *

   * serialization). This has been measured to save at least 400 bytes compared to regular
   * serialization.
   *
   * <p>Use {@linkplain #readFrom(InputStream, Funnel)} to reconstruct the written BloomFilter.
   */
  public void writeTo(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
    // Serial form:
    // 1 signed byte for the strategy
    // 1 unsigned byte for the number of hash functions